Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen by Lopez family's

Chapter 119

After returning from the fireworks event, Eileen felt that Egbert didn’t seem as angry anymore. She decided to seize the opportunity. She asked him, “Do you feel like nurturing some feelings tonight? How about watching a romantic movie together?”

Egbert unlocked the door with his keys, walked in, and quietly replied, “No need, better get some rest.”

He closed the door behind him..

The next day when Eileen arrived at the set, Galen called her over. Galen, smoking a cigarette, said, “The actress playing Hertha is coming this afternoon due to scheduling issues. We need to shoot her scenes first, so we’ve adjusted the shooting schedule. Everyone will be focusing on Hertha’s scenes for now.”

Eileen blinked. “So, does this mean Joyce’s scenes will be postponed?”

Galen nodded. “Exactly. It’ll give you and Egbert more time to adjust.”

Eileen turned to look in the direction of Egbert, who was reading the script.

“Does Mr. Reed know about this?” Eileen asked.

Galen replied, “Yes, he’s aware.”

Eileen nodded. “Alright.”

The new character, Hertha, was played by a secondary actress named Salome. Originally, for the role of Hertha, they could have cast a top-tier actress. But because Joyce’s role had been elevated, Galen contacted several actresses who had auditioned previously. However, when they found out they would be paired with a newcomer, they all declined. In the end, Galen had to pull some strings to bring Salome on board.

Salome, however, only had a two-month window and was set to join another production soon. So, Galen decided to shoot her scenes first.

In the following days, Eileen had very few scenes, almost none at all. Yet, she still went to the set every day because Galen wanted her to stay in touch with Egbert to continue building their relationship.

scenes were mostly outdoors. Setting up

up a conversation with Egbert, only to be interrupted by Salome. In the end, Eileen

avoided

Salome cheerfully suggested, “We’ve been together for so long, and I haven’t treated everyone

was helping the props team move things when she heard this and immediately looked over. Salome spotted her and waved to her enthusiastically, “Eileen, join

“Sure.” Eileen smiled.

in this small town. The hotel’s third floor had a karaoke lounge, so they could sing

into Egbert’s glass, she raised her own glass and said, “Mr. Reed, I must toast to you personally. You’ve been a great help.”

for a glass of juice and said,

should all

said, “We should all have a

cheering and requesting drinks.

of juice

on, that’s no

and downed it in one go, saying casually, “I’ll help him out. Is

taken aback. The private room fell

at him. He put down his juice, still not saying anything.

a moment, when Eileen had eaten her fill and noticed that Egbert wasn’t eating anymore, she

“That would be impolite.”

you don’t drink,” she said, tugging at Egbert’s sleeve, urging him to

stayed silent for a moment but eventually stood up and

her to let the others know that they were leaving early. Then she took Egbert outside the

me, being a good friend, drinking on your

to her lately, Eileen felt a bit disheartened and asked, “Egbert, what’s been going on

was about to speak when he suddenly noticed that Eileen was looking across the street with an unusual expression. So, Egbert looked over